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Apr 8, 2008 13:57:57 GMT 10
Post by youcantry on Apr 8, 2008 13:57:57 GMT 10
Tell me - why is it that large terrestrial quadruped cryptids are always described as "loping"? What is loping anyway? Why can't a mysterious big cat just "walk off"? Why does it always have to "lope away"? Tassie tigers are notorious for the behaviour - ask any believer who says they've seen one. Sure - they might stand there for a little while, but eventually you get to it: the animal lopes off. To be honest, I'd never heard of "loping" until entering this big dark world of secret animals. Is it a kind of pseudo-spy-code amongst the hidden? Psst. I'm not really a feral dog mate - you watch out, I'm something meaner. I'm a big cat! Don't believe me? Just watch me lope away. Huh! See how tough I am? Big tough secret-speak for cryptids only that! Not only have big cats made it to wine labels (thanks Mike!) but I reckon there's a whole dance craze about to come out of this... the black cat lope. Or wait - one better - Tassie tiger lope (or does thylacine lope sound better?) No - I've got it - no-one can beat the *thylacoleo lope*! Now. If only I just understood what I was talking about... Chris.
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Apr 8, 2008 16:43:46 GMT 10
Post by rodgey on Apr 8, 2008 16:43:46 GMT 10
A lope is a slinky trot that animals use to freak humans out.
They can walk, run and creep like other animals but loping makes us go "Ewww, stop it! You're freaking me out maaaannnn!"
And, oh how they laugh afterwards.
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Apr 8, 2008 19:04:37 GMT 10
Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2008 19:04:37 GMT 10
RE:::A lope is a slinky trot that animals use to freak humans out. They can walk, run and creep like other animals but loping makes us go "Ewww, stop it! You're freaking me out maaaannnn!" And, oh how they laugh afterwards. LOLOLOLOL ;D Kaz xxx
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Apr 8, 2008 21:23:24 GMT 10
Post by TC Girl on Apr 8, 2008 21:23:24 GMT 10
I don’t know about others but I use the term “lope” because I compare it to my horses. An easy free gait that can be sustained for a long while. A three-beat gait. There’s walk, trot, lope and gallop. Lope is also called canter. In Western riding we call it lope. English style riding guys call it canter. It’s the same thing, lope/canter.
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Apr 9, 2008 9:47:47 GMT 10
Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2008 9:47:47 GMT 10
Most of the reports I have describe the animal simply walking or 'slinking' off...no loping. Which is interesting, because it implies that whatever it might be, it has no fear of humans. Ruby
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Apr 9, 2008 10:22:20 GMT 10
Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2008 10:22:20 GMT 10
The panther like animal that I first observed I described as a "lope" because it had a gait that was unusual, the hind legs move in unison like a kind of bound (as though related to a kangaroo) it then lands on its forepaws first one and then the other in a walking like motion but as soon as the hind legs hit the ground it bounds again. Although different the gait seems very relaxed and seems to cover a lot of ground very quickly.
It shows no fear of humans, and seems as curious about us as we are of it. Once when I saw one I was with a group of shooters and it was just sitting watching us until one of the guys fired a shot near it and it reached the underbrush in two or three enormous bounds. The first one I saw watched me for several minutes as I walked toward it and managed to disappear in the time that I took to pass behind a tree.
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